There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
05-14-22, 11:12 AM
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There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
Ok, so I did a one mile ride to go do sprints on the local soccer field
I really love this short little ride, and would like to incorporate it into my daily fitness.
There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
2-6%. 0.2 miles. Average 3%
I love it. It's not insane, and just hard enough to get the heart pumping.
And not painful enough to scare me from doing it. Just a pleasant little 2 min. hill.
I want to ride this hill every morning to start my day.
Maybe I will build up to riding up and down the hill like 10 times
I can see how people get sucked in to see how far you can push your body.
EDIT:Ok, I did the up/down hill on my road for 5 laps (10 total hills)
No flat. Either up 5% or down 5% grade the entire time.
Total ride was 30 mins. 5 miles total.
Was a good workout. Will do this again.
I really love this short little ride, and would like to incorporate it into my daily fitness.
There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
2-6%. 0.2 miles. Average 3%
I love it. It's not insane, and just hard enough to get the heart pumping.
And not painful enough to scare me from doing it. Just a pleasant little 2 min. hill.
I want to ride this hill every morning to start my day.
Maybe I will build up to riding up and down the hill like 10 times
I can see how people get sucked in to see how far you can push your body.
EDIT:Ok, I did the up/down hill on my road for 5 laps (10 total hills)
No flat. Either up 5% or down 5% grade the entire time.
Total ride was 30 mins. 5 miles total.
Was a good workout. Will do this again.
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05-14-22, 03:41 PM
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I have a hill like that, but it's about 2 miles. I like to include that in a lot of my rides. But I don't do laps on it though. Once per ride is good for me. Definitely gets the blood flowing.
05-14-22, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CheGiantForLife
Ok, so I did a one mile ride to go do sprints on the local soccer field
I really love this short little ride, and would like to incorporate it into my daily fitness.
There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
2-6%. 0.2 miles. Average 3%
I love it. It's not insane, and just hard enough to get the heart pumping.
And not painful enough to scare me from doing it. Just a pleasant little 2 min. hill.
I want to ride this hill every morning to start my day.
Maybe I will build up to riding up and down the hill like 10 times
I can see hoe people get sucked in to see how far you can push your body.
I really love this short little ride, and would like to incorporate it into my daily fitness.
There is one moderate hill. Takes me 2 minutes to climb.
2-6%. 0.2 miles. Average 3%
I love it. It's not insane, and just hard enough to get the heart pumping.
And not painful enough to scare me from doing it. Just a pleasant little 2 min. hill.
I want to ride this hill every morning to start my day.
Maybe I will build up to riding up and down the hill like 10 times
I can see hoe people get sucked in to see how far you can push your body.
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05-14-22, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by downtube42
Eventually you realize it's the mind you're pushing, not the body. The body just goes along for the ride.
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Just wait when you are so fit that you can climb the entire hill out of the saddle in half the time.
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05-14-22, 09:57 PM
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Your reward is that on the return trip, you get to coast down the same hill.
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Originally Posted by CheGiantForLife
I can see hoe people get sucked in to see how far you can push your body.
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I have a select few climbs that I treat myself too in similar interests. Fattest excuses for me not riding them are: the density for motorized traffic {5:30am to 8pm} , posted [50] , abided by speed [60+] , location (not really local) ,& driver's cognizance.
It makes sense now. In the past, so many folks in this world must have been very active in such activities, because so many have lost there minds!
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Several people have asked me about triathlons and how I do them. My standard reply is it's 50% physical, but 100% psychological. Your mind will quit long before your body will.
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My daily 10 mile rides are short Ups and Downs. I don't pedal going Down cause I am concentrating on staying on the bike from lack of breath.
So really my rides are only 5 miles.... Ha
So really my rides are only 5 miles.... Ha
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Our local well-known climb is called “the Costco hill,” which is 400-500 feet depending on where you start. People do repeats on the steepest part which is 250 feet in half a mile with no major intersections for the turnaround. Whew!
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Originally Posted by Troul
...& driver's cognizance.
Hold on, you have cognizant drivers in Michigan?! I'm living in the wrong state!
05-15-22, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
Our local well-known climb is called “the Costco hill,” which is 400-500 feet depending on where you start. People do repeats on the steepest part which is 250 feet in half a mile with no major intersections for the turnaround. Whew!
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Originally Posted by VegasJen
There's a portion of trail in Henderson (Nevada) called "the Three Sisters". Absolutely brutal. In just about 3/4 of a mile it's right at 200ft of total elevation, but that's up and down several hills. The steepest averages 18% for about 100ft elevation increase in just about .2 miles.
Math.
05-15-22, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
+100 ft in .2 miles is under 10% avg grade.
Math.
Math.
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I've got one.
0.44 miles, average 5.5%.
So I created a Strava segment out of it.
My fastest time is 2:01, for 13.2 MPH.
Then someone came along and did it at 1:51 and 14.4 MPH. A couple of years I was chasing that down.
Now, the KOM is 1:25 at 18.8 MPH. I can do 20+ MPH for a short time, but whew, not up a hill like that, even if it is short. 
Although, I suppose I've determined that if I can get a segment pushed below 1 minute, then it can be done essentially purely anaerobic sprint.
0.44 miles, average 5.5%.
So I created a Strava segment out of it.
My fastest time is 2:01, for 13.2 MPH.
Then someone came along and did it at 1:51 and 14.4 MPH. A couple of years I was chasing that down.
Now, the KOM is 1:25 at 18.8 MPH.
I can do 20+ MPH for a short time, but whew, not up a hill like that, even if it is short. Although, I suppose I've determined that if I can get a segment pushed below 1 minute, then it can be done essentially purely anaerobic sprint.
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Originally Posted by VegasJen
Dude, do you live to pick nits? I'm using round numbers here. Shall I give you coordinates so you can do the math yourself? Would that make you feel better?
05-15-22, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
+100 ft in .2 miles is under 10% avg grade.
Math.
Math.
Originally Posted by VegasJen
Dude, do you live to pick nits? I'm using round numbers here. Shall I give you coordinates so you can do the math yourself? Would that make you feel better?
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I did this on Saturday, the iconic Koppenberg climb in Flanders, Belgium. It is relatively easy really in ideal conditions to do it, but the cobbles make it hard going if trying to push for a good time. After a 200km race and other such cobbled climbs, it gets its reputation as a tough finish for the Tour of Flanders; particularly if it is wet.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
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Originally Posted by AlgarveCycling
...such cobbled climbs, it gets its reputation as a tough finish...
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Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
Our local well-known climb is called “the Costco hill,” which is 400-500 feet depending on where you start. People do repeats on the steepest part which is 250 feet in half a mile with no major intersections for the turnaround. Whew!
Beatty Drive (about 4 miles north on Empire Ranch/Sophia) is even more brutal. https://www.strava.com/segments/1425516
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Originally Posted by AlgarveCycling
I did this on Saturday, the iconic Koppenberg climb in Flanders, Belgium. It is relatively easy really in ideal conditions to do it, but the cobbles make it hard going if trying to push for a good time. After a 200km race and other such cobbled climbs, it gets its reputation as a tough finish for the Tour of Flanders; particularly if it is wet.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
05-16-22, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by AlgarveCycling
I did this on Saturday, the iconic Koppenberg climb in Flanders, Belgium. It is relatively easy really in ideal conditions to do it, but the cobbles make it hard going if trying to push for a good time. After a 200km race and other such cobbled climbs, it gets its reputation as a tough finish for the Tour of Flanders; particularly if it is wet.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
Locally where I live, we have steeper, much longer climbs but they aren't part of a famous race route.
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Originally Posted by CliffordK
I've got one.
0.44 miles, average 5.5%.
So I created a Strava segment out of it.
My fastest time is 2:01, for 13.2 MPH.
Then someone came along and did it at 1:51 and 14.4 MPH. A couple of years I was chasing that down.
Now, the KOM is 1:25 at 18.8 MPH. I can do 20+ MPH for a short time, but whew, not up a hill like that, even if it is short.
Although, I suppose I've determined that if I can get a segment pushed below 1 minute, then it can be done essentially purely anaerobic sprint.
0.44 miles, average 5.5%.
So I created a Strava segment out of it.
My fastest time is 2:01, for 13.2 MPH.
Then someone came along and did it at 1:51 and 14.4 MPH. A couple of years I was chasing that down.
Now, the KOM is 1:25 at 18.8 MPH.
I can do 20+ MPH for a short time, but whew, not up a hill like that, even if it is short. Although, I suppose I've determined that if I can get a segment pushed below 1 minute, then it can be done essentially purely anaerobic sprint.
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